Battle of Honey Springs

The men's halfpipe competition of the Sochi 2014 Olympics was held at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park on 11 February 2014.[1]

The gold was won by Swiss Iouri Podladtchikov, who was followed by two Japanese snowboarders, the 15-year-old Ayumu Hirano in silver and Taku Hiraoka in bronze.[2]

Qualification

An athlete must have placed in the top 30 in at a World Cup event after July 2012 or at the 2013 World Championships and a minimum of 100 FIS points. A total of 40 quota spots are available to athletes to compete at the games. A maximum of 4 athletes can be entered by a National Olympic Committee.[3]

Schedule

All times are (UTC+4).

Date Time Round
11 February 14:00 Qualification
19:00 Semifinals
21:30 Final

Results

Qualification

The qualification was held at 14:00.[4]

Rank Heat Bib Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Best Notes
1 1 2 Ayumu Hirano  Japan 92.25 64.75 92.25 QF
2 1 6 Christian Haller  Switzerland 74.00 83.75 83.75 QF
3 1 17 David Hablützel  Switzerland 48.75 81.00 81.00 QF
4 1 1 Arthur Longo  France 79.25 20.75 79.25 QS
5 1 19 Tim-Kevin Ravnjak  Slovenia 68.75 76.50 76.50 QS
6 1 18 Shi Wancheng  China 76.00 15.50 76.00 QS
7 1 5 Greg Bretz  United States 71.75 52.50 71.75 QS
8 1 13 Seamus O'Connor  Ireland 66.25 71.50 71.50 QS
9 1 4 Johann Baisamy  France 71.25 36.75 71.25 QS
10 1 20 Derek Livingston  Canada 34.25 70.25 70.25
11 1 16 Lee Kwang-ki  South Korea 27.00 69.50 69.50
12 1 15 Dimi de Jong  Netherlands 25.25 64.25 64.25
13 1 11 Nikita Avtaneev  Russia 34.50 63.75 63.75
14 1 3 Dolf van der Wal  Netherlands 25.50 62.50 62.50
15 1 12 Pavel Kharitonov  Russia 58.75 54.50 58.75
16 1 10 Ben Kilner  Great Britain 43.50 16.25 43.50
17 1 8 Janne Korpi  Finland 28.00 41.00 41.00
18 1 9 Sergey Tarasov  Russia 23.00 39.50 39.50
19 1 7 Ryō Aono  Japan 37.50 13.00 37.50
20 1 14 Dominic Harington  Great Britain 12.75 37.25 37.25
1 2 25 Shaun White  United States 95.75 70.75 95.75 QF
2 2 28 Taku Hiraoka  Japan 92.25 63.50 92.25 QF
3 2 39 Danny Davis  United States 92.00 73.75 92.00 QF
4 2 27 Zhang Yiwei  China 90.00 89.75 90.00 QS
5 2 24 Taylor Gold  United States 81.50 87.50 87.50 QS
6 2 33 Kent Callister  Australia 87.00 25.5 87.00 QS
7 2 29 Nathan Johnstone  Australia 86.00 27.50 86.00 QS
8 2 26 Iouri Podladtchikov  Switzerland 15.00 82.00 82.00 QS
9 2 23 Jan Scherrer  Switzerland 43.50 69.75 69.75 QS
10 2 21 Scott James  Australia 68.50 15.00 68.50
11 2 38 Johannes Hoepfl  Germany 61.25 65.50 65.50
12 2 30 Crispin Lipscomb  Canada 29.25 65.25 65.25
13 2 40 Markus Malin  Finland 33.50 62.50 62.50
14 2 31 Kim Ho-jun  South Korea 61.75 20.00 61.75
15 2 35 Jan Kralj  Slovenia 59.75 27.75 59.75
16 2 37 Michał Ligocki  Poland 4.50 55.00 55.00
17 2 22 Ayumu Nedefuji  Japan 54.50 28.75 54.50
18 2 36 Ilkka-Eemeli Laari  Finland 49.00 52.00 52.00
19 2 34 Brad Martin  Canada 31.25 22.50 31.25
2 32 Peetu Piiroinen  Finland DNS

QF – Qualify directly to final; QS – Qualify to semifinal; DNS – Did not start

Semifinals

The semifinals was held at 16:00.[5]

Rank Bib Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Best Notes
1 26 Iouri Podladtchikov  Switzerland 87.50 41.25 87.50 Q
2 5 Greg Bretz  United States 83.00 44.25 83.00 Q
3 33 Kent Callister  Australia 49.25 79.50 79.50 Q
4 27 Zhang Yiwei  China 45.00 79.25 79.25 Q
5 18 Shi Wancheng  China 15.50 78.50 78.50 Q
6 19 Tim-Kevin Ravnjak  Slovenia 72.00 75.50 75.50 Q
7 29 Nathan Johnstone  Australia 25.75 73.50 73.50
8 24 Taylor Gold  United States 26.00 60.75 60.75
9 13 Seamus O'Connor  Ireland 54.00 43.00 54.00
10 4 Johann Baisamy  France 18.50 37.0 37.0
11 1 Arthur Longo  France 12.00 31.75 31.75
 – 23 Jan Scherrer  Switzerland DNS[a]

Final

The final was held at 18:30.[6][7]

Rank Bib Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Best
1st place, gold medalist(s) 26 Iouri Podladtchikov  Switzerland 86.50 94.75 94.75
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2 Ayumu Hirano  Japan 90.75 93.50 93.50
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 28 Taku Hiraoka  Japan 45.50 92.25 92.25
4 25 Shaun White  United States 35.00 90.25 90.25
5 17 David Hablützel  Switzerland 80.75 88.50 88.50
6 27 Zhang Yiwei  China 87.25 58.50 87.25
7 18 Shi Wancheng  China 81.00 25.00 81.00
8 19 Tim-Kevin Ravnjak  Slovenia 72.25 16.50 72.25
9 33 Kent Callister  Australia 40.00 68.50 68.50
10 39 Danny Davis  United States 53.00 45.25 53.00
11 6 Christian Haller  Switzerland 46.25 51.50 51.50
12 5 Greg Bretz  United States 21.75 26.50 26.50

Notes

a Scherrer suffered a tear in his right ankle during warm-up and had to pull out of the semifinals.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Snowboarding Schedule and Results". SOOC. Archived from the original on 24 July 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Men's halfpipe finals results". Yahoo Sports. Reuters. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Qualification Systems for XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014" (PDF). International Ski Federation. December 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  4. ^ Qualification Results
  5. ^ Semifinals Results
  6. ^ Final Results
  7. ^ "Iouri Podladtchikov dethrones White in breathtaking Olympic halfpipe final". FIS. February 11, 2014. Archived from the original on February 11, 2014. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
  8. ^ "Iouri Podladtchikov gewinnt Gold!" (in German). Swiss Olympic. February 11, 2014. Retrieved February 12, 2014.